A day here
A day here.
There is no timetable you have to keep to. But there is usually something going on, a proper lunch, and a cup of tea whenever you want one. Today's menu and what is on are below, and they are the real ones for today.
Today, Friday 6 November
What is on the table, and what is on.
The menu
- BreakfastPorridge, or boiled egg and soldiers
- LunchBattered fish and chips with mushy peas
- TeaTomato soup, bara brith
What is on
- 10:30am Communion, or a quiet coffee
- 2:30pm Bingo, with small prizes
- 4pm Tea, and letters home
There is always another choice at every meal, including for diabetic, soft and vegetarian diets. Visitors can stay for lunch at £6: ring by ten.
How the day runs
From first tea to toast at two.
Morning
No fixed time to get up. Carers bring tea and help as much or as little as you want. Breakfast is any time until ten, in your room if you like. The papers come at nine.
Late morning
Something is usually on: armchair exercises, baking, the hairdresser. Or sit by the window with a coffee. Nobody is rounded up.
Lunch
The main meal, cooked here by Gwyn and his team at half past twelve, in the dining room or your own room. Tell him if you do not like it.
Afternoon
A rest, if you want one. Then singing, the garden or a trip out in the minibus, or a sit in the lounge. Visitors come and go, and many stay for tea.
Evening
A lighter tea at half past four, with sandwiches and a pudding, and a drink at nine. There is a television if you want it. Bed when you like.
Night
Night staff and a nurse are awake all night and they walk the corridors. Ring the bell any time. Mr Davies asks for toast at two most mornings, and he gets it.
The garden
Wide paths, raised beds and the hills.
The paths are wide enough for two wheelchairs and they are flat, with a bench every thirty yards. The raised beds are at wheelchair height, and the runner beans go to the kitchen. The Black Mountain is out of the west windows when it is clear, which is more often than you would think.
Come and see us. Any day.
No appointment. Ring the bell at any reasonable hour, and someone will show you round and put the kettle on. If you want to talk about money or care plans with Menna, ring first so that she is free.